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[quote=Anonymous]Truesdell parent, here!  Feel free to post questions in the reply. Don't see much about this school, I guess because parents aren't on these forums or we are just quietly satisfied.

Our kids (second grade, kindergarten) have had eight teachers at Truesdell Elementary and all have been amazing. Our son came home on his *first* day at Truesdell Pre-K3 saying, "Ms. S. loves me and I love her." Now his teacher offers specialized instruction to his needs and tailored enrichment at his singular reading level that challenge him.  Never been disappointed in teacher passion and expertise.  The school resources for field trips, clubs and extracurricular, and classroom activities.  Our son joined the STEM Robot Club this year (with mBots the students are programming).

The diversity of the school is a huge strength. It's motto is "Excellence through Equity."  Staff utilize tools like socioemotional learning and 'restorative justice circles' to teach inter-personal skills, on top of the great experiences our kids get seeing the world through others' eyes. The school has remarkable resources (funding, ELL teachers, social workers) that address needs of all students, as teachers teach academics. GreatSchools.org has the school at 9/10 for Student Progress in test scores, and it shows.

Being in-bound, we love this 'early action' school because it connects us to our neighbors. I grew up in West Virginia and consider it 100% necessary for my kids' education to learn to make friends with kids from all backgrounds. Our son and daughter have made numerous sweet friendships -- the community of families has been the best part of our time there!

New playground has been a gem! Come check it out if you haven't already.

Truesdell is getting a renovation/modernization in 2023-2025, and the new plans have cool elements: lots of outdoor space with orchard and nature walk and outdoor classroom space, expanded library, Maker Space, in-school daycare, etc.

The curriculum has begun piloting project-based learning for some lower-grade classes, I believe, which led to really fun class presentations for us parents: "Our Community Workers" from our kindergartener and "Symbols of Our Nation" social studies-style presentation for our second grader's class.[/quote]

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